SAN DIEGO — Five Mexican migrants were apprehended this afternoon by Coast Guard officers and Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction agents as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat.
At 9:26 a.m., the Coast Guard received a report from CBP officials of suspicious activity aboard a red speedboat headed northbound into U.S. waters, [...]
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Coast Guard teams up with CBP to interdict five migrants
Portion of Charleston Harbor to be renamed after retired Coast Guard officer
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A segment of the Charleston Harbor will be renamed after the late Rear Adm. Richard E. Bennis Jr. Tuesday at 11 a.m.
The renamed portion of Charleston Harbor will be called Bennis Reach, which was formerly known as the Shutes-Folly Reach. The grass roots effort to honor Bennis was led by Councilman Gary [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for man in Patuxent River
BALTIMORE- The Coast Guard is suspending its search for a missing man in the Patuxent River Monday.
Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., and Station Oxford Md., continued searches throughout the night and into the morning. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., conducted a first light search.
San Diego Coast Guard Rescues Two off Coronado Islands
SAN DIEGO – Two people were taken off their vessel tonight by the Coast Guard after it drifted dangerously neared the rocks of North Coronado Island.
A friend of the two people on board called in a report to the Sector San Diego operations center by cell phone at 6:30 p.m. that they were adrift south [...]